Wildfire spreads, threatening hundreds of homes

Jae C. Hong

Published
4:15 am EDT, Friday, August 9, 2013

Robert Tucker watches a smoke from a wildfire on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Cabazon, Calif. About 1,500 people have fled and three are injured as a wildfire in the Southern California mountains quickly spreads. Several small communities have evacuated.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Robert Tucker watches a smoke from a wildfire on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Cabazon, Calif. About 1,500 people have fled and three are injured as a wildfire in the Southern California mountains quickly spreads.

Robert Tucker watches a smoke from a wildfire on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Cabazon, Calif. About 1,500 people have fled and three are injured as a wildfire in the Southern California mountains quickly spreads. Several small communities have evacuated.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Robert Tucker watches a smoke from a wildfire on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Cabazon, Calif. About 1,500 people have fled and three are injured as a wildfire in the Southern California mountains quickly spreads.

Robert Tucker watches a smoke from a wildfire on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Cabazon, Calif. About 1,500 people have fled and three are injured as a wildfire in the Southern California mountains quickly spreads. Several small communities have evacuated.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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